John Richter Jones papers, 1854-1863 (1854)
Author: Jones, John Richter, 1803-1863
Subject: Jones, John Richter, 1803-1863; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Volunteers, 58th; United States. Army; United States. Army; United States. Army; Lawyers -- Pennsylvania History 19th century; North Carolina -- History Civil War, 1861-1865; Pennsylvania -- History Civil War, 1861-1865; United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Military life; Virginia -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: 4989
Digitizing sponsor: Internet Archive
Book contributor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection: LeoBaeckInstitute; microfilm; civilwardocuments; americana
Scanfactors: 3
Full catalog record: MARCXML
Description
Primarily letters Jones wrote to his wife and daughter before and during the Civil War. The letters discuss various aspects of civilian life in Pennsylvania, as well as some details of the military activities in which Jones was engaged. Events referred to include the first confrontation between the Merrimac and the Monitor; Magruder's burning of Hampton, Va.; the occupation of Norfolk, Va.; and Union operations on the James River peninsula. The collection also contains handwritten military communications between Jones and Major General John G. Foster; a hand-drawn map of the Core Creek area in Carteret County, N.C.; a printed announcement of Jones's death; a handwritten report of a court martial proceeding against an officer from Jones's regiment; a handwritten tribute to Jones from the Pennsylvania State Bar; and newspaper clippings relating to Jones's death
John Richter Jones (1803-1863) was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1821 and joined the Pennsylvania Bar in 1827. He was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1836, retiring from practice when his term of office ended in 1847. Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, Jones was appointed colonel in the 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers. He participated in the capture of Norfolk, Va., in May 1862. In January 1863, he was transferred to the Department of North Carolina under Major General John G. Foster, where he operated in the Batchelor's Creek Station area near New Bern, N.C., until he was shot dead by a Confederate sniper on 23 May 1863
Primarily letters Jones wrote to his wife and daughter before and during the Civil War. The letters discuss various aspects of civilian life in Pennsylvania, as well as some details of the military activities in which Jones was engaged. Events referred to include the first confrontation between the Merrimac and the Monitor; Magruder's burning of Hampton, Va.; the occupation of Norfolk, Va.; and Union operations on the James River peninsula. The collection also contains handwritten military communications between Jones and Major General John G. Foster; a hand-drawn map of the Core Creek area in Carteret County, N.C.; a printed announcement of Jones's death; a handwritten report of a court martial proceeding against an officer from Jones's regiment; a handwritten tribute to Jones from the Pennsylvania State Bar; and newspaper clippings relating to Jones's death
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| Mediatype: | texts |
| Operator: | robking@... |
| Scanner: | microfilm01.rich.archive.org |
| Scandate: | 20080916165953 |
| Imagecount: | 60 |
| Identifier: | unc_chapel_hill_john_richter_jones_papers |
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| Ppi: | 300 |
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| Identifier-ark: | ark:/13960/t3902bv3z |
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